The European Union warns of the paid or mashed model to daily fines

Definition platforms It may face daily fines if the European Union organizers decide the changes you suggested to the payment or mashed form Anti -monopoly They said that the matter was issued in April.

The warning from the European Commission, which works as a benefit to compete in the European Union, came two months after a fine of 200 million euros (234 million US dollars) on the American social media giant to violate the DMA (DMA) in order to curb the power of large technology.

This step shows that the continuous repression of the Big Tech committee and pushing it to create a stadium for smaller competitors despite American criticism about the bases of the bloc mainly targeting its companies.

Daily fines for non -compliance with DMA can be up to five percent of the company’s average daily rotation around the world.

The European Union’s CEO said that the payment or mashed model of November 2023 violated DMA from November 2024, when he amended to use less personal data for the targeted advertisement. The committee has been examining the changes since then.

The model gives Facebook and Instagram users who agree to track a free service funded by advertising revenues. Instead, they can pay for an advertising free service.

The European Union Control Authority said that Meta will only make limited changes in its paid or mashed style that was launched last November.

“The committee cannot confirm at this stage whether this is sufficient to comply with the main parameters of compliance with the decision not to comply,” said a spokesman.

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“With this in mind, we will consider the following steps, including the reminder that continuous lack of compliance can require the application of periodic penalty payments that operate as of June 27, 2025, as shown in the decision not to comply.”

Mita accused the committee of discrimination against the company and to move the goals of the goals during the discussions over the past two months.

A Meta spokesman said: “The user’s choice between subscriptions is still not a free advertising service or service advertising a legal business model for every company in Europe – except for the definition.”

“We are confident that the collection of options we offer to people in the European Union is not only complied with the rules of the European Union – it goes beyond them.”

The European Union Monitoring Authority rejected Meta discrimination fees, saying that DMA applies equally to all large digital companies that carry out commercial businesses in the European Union, regardless of the place that was integrated or those who are dominant shareholders.

The committee spokesman said: “We have always implemented and will continue to implement our laws fairly and without discrimination towards all companies operating in the European Union, in full compliance with global rules,” the committee spokesman said.

– Reporting by Fu Yun Che. Edited